Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined

Saturday, July 9, 2016

Emporia Arts Council815 Commercial StEmporiaKS66801

Westward expansion was one of the most transformational elements in American life throughout the nineteenth century. Printed imagery played an important role in the dissemination of knowledge and understanding about the West and those who inhabited it. Imprinting the West: Manifest Destiny, Real and Imagined features 48 hand-colored engravings and lithographs that explore these depictions and the influence artists had on the perception of the wild west.